Phone confirmed to include a 1.5GHz quad-core Snapdragon, Android 4.2.

If rumors, listings in retailers' databases, and blurry pictures don't convince you of an upcoming smartphone's authenticity, retailer screw-ups will. Carphone Warehouse, a UK phone retailer, posted its product page of LG's upcoming Nexus 4 ahead of time, giving the world a clear look at it and its specs ahead of Google's planned October 29 Android event (the page has since been pulled, however).

MoDaCo reports that, as widely expected, the Nexus 4 listing shows hardware broadly similar to LG's new flagship Optimus G smartphone: a 1.5GHz quad-core Snapdragon S4 processor, 2GB of RAM, NFC, and a 4.7-inch 1280x768 pixel display. The 9.1mm thick phone was also listed as having only 8GB of internal storage and no SD card slot for additional storage, though—a perplexing limitation to impose on what is otherwise a high-end phone.

The phone is also listed as running Android 4.2, which is widely expected to be a slightly tweaked, more secure version of Jelly Bean rather than an update significant enough to merit its own dessert-themed codename.

Ars will be on the scene next Monday, liveblogging about the Nexus 4, Android 4.2, and all of the other announcements that Google sees fit to make.

Andrew Cunningham
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